loading .32 winchester special with black powder

I have an 1894 carbine that I have shot a couple of deer and an elk with using j bullets. I've shot a few deer with cast in my .308 and .38-55(that I foolishly sold).
Now I want to try to harvest a deer with black powder in my .32 win. I've been plinking with the lee 175 gr.324 boolit, with the nose flattened a little, sized at .323.
Ive been lubing them with alox or my lubesizer, but I'm thinking that won't be enough for black powder.
Any advice on which lube(I have beeswax), whether I can use a grease cookie, or how to keep it running and accurate, would be appreciated. I have all summer to figure it out, I'm getting ready to scrub the barrel out real good and start loading pretty quick.

Give SPG a try.

i have done it as well... originally I used alox boolits and smeared the base with a mix of SPG and ballistol.. but SPG is the standard these days and all you need. i did take a young Black and several Blacktails with a case full of BP.. i used a flat nosed boolit 323165 or something like that.. i sure love my marlin in 32 win. i diddnt shoot it at all hunting last season.. and used the 308.. next year I am gunna use my contender...

Thanks for the replies. Can I lube the base and just load the boolit directly on the powder? Do I need a card or will the powder be ok? I need to play with a fired case and an unlubricated boolit, but I'm pretty sure it's below the neck.

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Originally Posted by samwithacolt

I have an 1894 carbine that I have shot a couple of deer and an elk with using j bullets. I've shot a few deer with cast in my .308 and .38-55(that I foolishly sold).
Now I want to try to harvest a deer with black powder in my .32 win. I've been plinking with the lee 175 gr.324 boolit, with the nose flattened a little, sized at .323.
Ive been lubing them with alox or my lubesizer, but I'm thinking that won't be enough for black powder.
Any advice on which lube(I have beeswax), whether I can use a grease cookie, or how to keep it running and accurate, would be appreciated. I have all summer to figure it out, I'm getting ready to scrub the barrel out real good and start loading pretty quick.

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That LEE boolit looks to have half decent lube grooves - use SPG or your own imitation - not Alox !!!!
Deer hunting if you could get three good shots away would be sufficient? (Five be better) then give it a quick clean (bore snake maybe?) and go again. That might be easier than messing around with grease cookies - the boolit is a gas check? no ? maybe use a juice box wad over the powder. I am no fan of lube cookies they are a pain - a necessary evil sometimes tho. A decent boolit designed for black is many times more better.

My 38/55 will stay on target through a string of fifteen or twenty with the LEE 379/250 - it looks a little better lubed than your boolit but not a big lot. Good lube you be ok I reckon.

Thanks, I see another .38-55 in my future but it won't be any time soon. I had the lee 250 gr mold for it and it had way better lube grooves than the lee 8mm. After I gas check and size the 8mm, the lube grooves are very small. I need to cast some more with a soft lead and lube them accordingly.
For hunting, I only need one or two shots but for load development and general convenience I'd like to get as many shots as possible before cleaning.